Chapter 3: His Watch Has Ended
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Castle Black – Courtyard
The snow was falling again—quiet, steady, endless.
Jon Snow stood in the middle of the courtyard, his breath slow, his expression unreadable. But deep within him, the man once known as Uchiha Shinji was screaming.
He remembered blood.
Not the snow-covered stones of Castle Black, but the burning floors of the Uchiha compound. The night sky stained red. The screams of kin, the silence after.
"Run, Shinji!" his mother's voice cried out.
He hadn't run fast enough.
He remembered the way his cousin Itachi looked at him—not with hate, but sorrow—as the sword slid between his ribs.
That night, he died.
And now here he stood. Alive again, in a body not his own, haunted by both past and present.
Tormund approached, suprised. "the man who returned from death"
They think you are some kind of god".
"I am not a god "Jon said. His voice carried weight beyond this world. "I remember the cold. The knives. The dark."
Dolorous Edd swallowed. "But how? Melisandre… she said something about fire. The Lord of Light."
Jon glanced at his hand. Faint chakra stirred in his veins—thin as mist. Not enough for a jutsu. But still there. Faint… and alive.
"I don't know what brought me back," he said truthfully. "But I'm not the same."
Flash — The tomoe spin in his mind's eye. Red eyes in a mirror. Remembering how he was killed
"I did what i thought was right and i got murdered for it," he murmured, almost to himself.
Then came Alliser Thorne. Stiff-backed, eyes filled with the same stubborn arrogance Shinji once saw in shinobi councilors.
"You shouldn't be alive," Thorne barked. "You're a curse. A monster."
Shinji's eyes narrowed. "capture him and take him to execution grounds
"You betrayed the Night's Watch!" Thorne snapped. "I did what had to be done."
Flash — A blade raised over Shinji's head. A brother's betrayal. "Forgive me, Shinji."
"You call it duty," Jon said coldly. "I call it murder."
His chakra flared. A thin pulse. The tomoe flickered in his eyes—barely there, but enough.
The men around him recoiled.
"What… what is that in your eyes?" someone whispered.
"His eyes are red…"
"Like blood…"
"Looking at people around him afraid of his eyes a memory of konoha comes ".uchiha clan they are cursed ".. why are they so arrogant ".they were behind the nine tails". "Remembering that bitter memory "with complex emotions".
*He closed the sharingan his eyes looked normal now *
Moments later
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[EXT. CASTLE BLACK – COURTYARD – DAY]
Snow drifts softly, covering the bloodstained stones where Jon Snow once lay cold and lifeless. He walks forward slowly, Ghost beside him, the cold wind brushing past his pale face.
The men of the Night's Watch stare in silence. Some cross themselves. Others step back, fearful.
TORMUND
(softly, almost afraid)
"Is it really you?"
JON
(quiet)
"I don't know."
(He looks down at his hands. They still tremble faintly. Not from fear—but from memory.)
SHINJI (inner voice)
"I died once before. My brother's blade… right through me. There was no coming back then."
EDD
"You were gone. We buried you."
JON
"I remember… darkness. And then… pain."
(A pause. His eyes flicker faintly red. The Sharingan—still weak, but alive—spins once before fading again. No one dares speak.)
SHINJI (inner voice)
"In the end, I was just a child trying to protect a clan already doomed. Now I'm in a world that isn't mine. Wearing another dead boy's skin."
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[EXT. CASTLE BLACK – EXECUTION YARD – LATER]
The gallows creak softly. The traitors stand atop the platform. Olly stares ahead, his young face hard but scared. The others wait silently.
Jon walks forward. His boots crunch in the snow. His expression is unreadable.
THORNE
(calm, but firm)
"I fought for the Watch. I did my duty. You brought wildlings through our gates. I'd do it again."
JON
"I hope that brings you peace."
*(His voice doesn't rise. He doesn't shout. He simply turns and nods.)
The trapdoors fall. The ropes snap tight. The sound echoes briefly before fading into the snow.
SHINJI (inner voice)
"They betrayed their own to protect tradition. Just like the council turned their backs on us."
---as the traitors slowly chokes to death ".
"Jon orders take the bodies and thow it over the wall we will need some proof to show the south that winter is coming ".
[EXT. CASTLE BLACK – THE GATE – EVENING]
The gates are open. The wind bites harder now. Jon stands with the black cloak in hand. His eyes are tired—older.
He turns to Dolorous Edd and holds out the cloak.
JON
"It's yours now."
EDD
(softly)
"What are you going to do?"
JON
(after a pause)
"I gave my life to the Night's Watch. And they took it."
(He glances back at the Wall one last time. His voice cracks, just slightly—enough to feel it.)
JON
"My watch is ended."
(He drops the cloak. Walks forward. Ghost follows. No one speaks.)
SHINJI (inner voice)
I will live and survive in this word for myself ".
"For that I need to get stronger